Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom, left, visits U.S. President Ronald Reagan, in 1987. The two conservatives got along well.

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Kim Hjelmgaard
| USA Today

For years after her tumultuous time as prime minister, it seemed as if no one in the United Kingdom was undecided about Margaret Thatcher.

You are either for her or against her.

But it's not clear whether the enmity and adoration she sparked in her conservative confrontation of labor unions, government subsidies and foreign policy doves will outlast Thatcher, who died Monday at 87 after a stroke. ...